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Tea Grades (Camellia Sinensis) |
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| BLACK TEA - BROKEN LEAF | Orthodox (Traditional Rolled Leaf) & CTC (Crush Tear Curl manufacture) | ||
| BOP= | Broken Orange Pekoe | = | the main broken leaf grade |
| FBOP= | Flower Broken Orange Pekoe | = | Larger coarser broken grade |
| GFBOP= | Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe | = | balance broken leaf with some tip |
| P= | Pekoe | = | Bold, uneven broken |
| BP= | Broken Pekoe | = | chopped, stalk like broken |
| BLACK TEA - FULL LEAF | |||
| OP= | Orange Pekoe | = | Orange tinge to black Wiry long leaf type |
| FOP= | Flower Orange Pekoe | = | balanced long leaf shorter than OP |
| GFOP = | Golden Orange pekoe | = | neater better roll FOP |
| TGFOP= | Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe | = | Stylish FOP with tip |
| FTGFOP= | Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe | = | Stylish very tippyFOP |
| SFTGFOP= | Special Fine Tippy Golden Flower Orange Pekoe = | Superior Stylish Tippy FOP | |
| CTC - CRUSH TEAR CURL | |||
| BPS= | Broken Pekoe Souchong | = | Grapenutty, Ball like |
| BOP= | Broken Orange Pekoe | = | Smaller type ball like appearance |
| GREEN TEA - Grades | |||
| Gunpowder | Leaves rolled into tiny balls from one to three mm diameter | ||
| Chun Mee | Rolled leaves approximately one centimetre long | ||
| Sencha | Whole, unrolled leaves, also called "natural leaf" | ||
| Matcha |
powdered tea |
